Forbidden Scriptures

[Dudu]

With a final act, Eustacio dispels his illusions with the same effort he would need to take a mask out of his face.

Nedd lies there, vulnerable and astonished, when a soundlance pierces him and take him out of battle.

Penelop is the only one, but considering she can't sneak attack Andros (and can't damage him without it, since he have DR) she surrender.


In other words: Discoverers won the tournament.


You can see that the alternate reality field is dismissed and you're now in the real world again. Lokopor is teleported there so he can be honored along you for the brilliant victory. Penelop is still there in the arena, staring at the ground, she probably realizes now that you deserved this victory. With the alternate reality field out, you're full HP and spells just like Lokopor, including Penelop. The 5 students are in the midle of the arena right now.

The crowd rejoices with your victory and many fireworks are fired from many wands. In the sky there's a big cloud from all the fireworks fired.
Suddenly, this cloud is turning darker and darker.

Knowledge (Arcana)

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Eustacio: (1d20+15)[16]
Tanstafaal: (1d20+8)[21]
Andros: (1d20+9)[11]
Loko: (1d20+14)[20]

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Eustacio: (1d20+10)[27]
Andros: (1d20+8)[11]

Eustacio fears that this cloud might be something way, way worse than fireworks. You are not considered flat-footed for whatever comes out of it.
He says it might be one of conjuration clouds used by the Brimstone Marauders, a group full of renegades, orcs, half-orcs and gnolls that pillage entire places.

Many comet-like blobs of black smoke start mauling the arena and the spectators. You soon realize that Eustacio was right. Out of those clouds, the marauders surge like they were teleported, killing many innocents in the way.
There wasn't time for a ceremony of your victory, it's like they were waiting for the tournament end so they could assault the arena.

Eustacio's realizes one curious thing. These Brimstone Marauders aren't bold enough to assault a place like the Arena, filled with one of the most powerful wizards and sorcerors in the world. Something is fishy, there are traitors inside the college that are aiding those people, Eustacio is almost sure of that.

Six of the comet-like smokes drop at the arena, right before you five (the 4 discoverers + Penelop). You can ready an action against then as soon as the marauders show off, since you were expecting them.




Inits:
Andros
Eustacio
Lokopor
Tanstafaal
Penelop
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Plus, everyone got 3100xp from winning the combat against the Mesmers and winning the tournament.